[13] Gesta Abbatum III, p. x.
[14] St. Albans probably kept a ‘studium’ at Gloucester Hall from 1337. De la Mare, John Moote, Hethworth and Whethamstede were all considerable benefactors of the College, among their gifts being a chapel, library, and the rebuilding of the old wooden house in stone. For the relations of the Abbey and Gloucester Hall, see Daniel and Barker’s History of Worcester College, chapter III.
[15] Gesta Abbatum II, 406.
[16] Living in England in captivity. He was a close friend of the Abbot, and spent much of his time at St. Albans.
[17] The need of it had long been felt: the privilege had, in fact, been bought in two particular cases, viz., in 1235 for 300 marks, and in 1260 for 600 marks. The figures (as well as the new arrangement to pay 1000 marks in the future) indicate the growth of governmental extortion.
[18] The almost chronic dearth at St. Albans in the early fourteenth century was a further misfortune. In 1314 the price of provisions in the town was excessive, and Edward endeavoured to fix it by Ordinance (Trokelowe, p. 89).
[19] Cal. Papal Registers: Papal Letters II, 1305–1342, p. 75.
[20] Cal. Papal Registers: Papal Letters II, 1305–1342, p. 75.
[21] Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1327–1330, p. 84.
[22] Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1327–1330, p. 362.